Improvement in gates



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N. PETERS, PMOTO-UT'MOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D CA JOHN R. DAVIS, OF COVINGTON, GEORGIA.

Letters .Patent No. 96,783, dated Noiember 16, 1869.

IMPROVMENT IN GATES.

Tho Schedule rferred to in these Letters Patent and making-part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN It. DAVIS, of Covington, in the county of Newton, and State of Georgia, have -invented a new and useful Improvement Ain Self- Suppoiting Gates; Aand-I d o herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, andvexact description thereof, A

which will enable others skilled'in the art to make and-use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the method of hanging and supporting farm and other gates; and consists in applying a rod diagonally across the gate, the upper end of which rod forms a part of the upper gate-hinge, and is connected with another rod, which forms the other part of the hinge, and passes horizontally through two or more posts, with a lever-nut on its outer end, as hereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying sheet of drawing represents a front elevation of a gate, constrnctedaud supported according to my invention.

A B represent the, gate-posts.

Cis a post of the felice.

D is the gate, which is hung to the post B.

E is the supporting-rod, which is fastened in the lower rail F of the gate, as seen at G, n ear the front lower angle of the gate, from whence it passes diagonally to the upper back angle, upon the end of which there is an eye for forming half of the upper hinge, as seen at H.

' The other half of the upper hinge is formed by an Y eye on the rod J. This rod passes through the gatepost B, and extends from thence horizontally to the post O, through which it passes.

K is a lever-nut on the end of this rod, a screwthread being eut upon it, with which the nut engages.

By extending this rod from the gate-post through one or more posts of the fence, the strength and support of such posts are obtained forsupporting` the gate, as thel rod J draws upon the rod E, which acts directly upon the lower front corner of the'gate. Should there be'any settling of this corner of the gate, it can 'be easily drawn into place by turning up the nut K.

L is Va washer, between the nut and the post C.

N is the lower hinge, formed by two shank-eyes.

This hinge, as well as the fastenings of the gate at O and P, I am aware are old, and consequently form no par-t of my invention.

rJhis gate swings in either dilectionavith equal facility, and supplies a want which has'i long been felt by farmers and others; that is,a self-supporting gate.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combination with a gate, which swings either in C. G. WILSON, Grups S. WRITTEN. 

